MY PORTRAIT . . VOLK's Bronze Cast from Life-Mask. By permission of the CENTURY Co. 931 THE V-A-S-E Humorous. James Jeffrey Roche THE BRYANT VASE. Designed by JAMES H. WHITEHOUSE, of TIFFANY & Co., 974 The post. Thow who wouldst wear the Grame Of Poet midst thy brethren ofomankind And clothe, in words of flame, Thoughts that shall live within the general & runds Deem not the framing of a deathless lay The pastime of a drowsy Summer day. Bur-gather all thy Powens, And wreak them on the veide that thou dost weave, At Vilent morning or at wakeful eve No smooth array of phrase, Upon the page wrote langued industry, The secret wouldst thou know Let thy lips quiver wists the passionate thrill, Then, should thy verse appear balting and harsh and all unaptly wrought, Louch the coude line with fear, Save in the moment of impassioned thoughts Then summon back the original glar and mind The actrain with Expture that wrth five was penned Yet let no empty gust Of passion find I an utterance in A blast that whirls the dast thy lay, Along the howling street and died away; Bur feelings of calm power and mighty sweep, Like currents journaging through the windless deep. |